Miami Marlins at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball

Miami Marlins

52-50, 21-30 Away

Final
3 - 5

Houston Astros

49-54, 25-27 Home

Peña and Paredes homer, Imai fans eight as Astros get by Marlins 5-3

Imai (6-4) worked his fifth start with eight or more strikeouts and allowed one run on four hits and three walks. The 28-year-old rookie from Japan has surrendered three or fewer runs in four of his last five outings.

Peña's first-inning homer was originally a double, but the call was overturned by the umpires after video showed the ball hit a railing in left-center.

Lucas Spence extended the lead with a second-inning RBI double, but Kyle Stowers got the Marlins within one in the fifth with an RBI double.

The rally was short-lived, as Christian Vázquez reached on an error, Yordan Alvarez ran out a third-strike wild pitch, and Paredes swung on the first pitch he saw with two outs in the fifth for a 388-foot three-run homer to left field.

Joe Mack hit a 435-foot solo homer for the Marlins in the seventh.

The Marlins turned a 5-4-3 triple play in the eighth, after Jose Altuve hit a soft grounder directly to Leo Jiménez at third. Jiménez fired to Xavier Edwards at second, and Kyle Stowers took the throw at first. It was the first time the Astros hit into a triple play since 2019, and just the second time in franchise history the Marlins turned three.

Tyler Phillips (2-5) allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out two and walked one.

The Astros won their second in a row and are 2/3 since the All-Star break, while the Marlins have lost five straight since the break.

Up next Marlins RHP Sandy Alcantara (10-5, 3.89 ERA) takes the hill against Astros RHP Peter Lambert (8-5, 3.03) in the final game of the series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Stowers popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Lopez grounded out to shortstop, Sanoja to third.
	9th Inning	Mack struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Sanoja hit a ground rule double.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Sousa
	9th Inning	Allen at second base.

Statistics

MIA		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	11
13	Strikeouts	5
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
143	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	15
38	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
4.5	Runs Created	3.6
.229	Batting Average	.267
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.500
.286	Secondary Average	.233
.289	On Base Percentage	.290
.718	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.790
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
31.0	Batter Rating	36.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.81
.200	Isolated Power	.233
0.23	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.079	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
78.8	MLB Rating	85.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0